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Been taking a drug from her doctor for 10 years against diabetes and other sicknesses, which is a family illness, the drug is now banned from January 1st 2016, under another name, she did not read an information form she was sent, so pleading guilty

What a complete non-story! It was broken on BBC 5Live as if she'd taken every drug under the sun but they have just now played the statement and it is as someone mentioned earlier. Unless she's lying of course......

Been taking a drug from her doctor for 10 years against diabetes and other sicknesses, which is a family illness, the drug is now banned from January 1st 2016, under another name, she did not read an information form she was sent, so pleading guilty

Not sure why you'd take Angina medication for diabetes.

However, nice cover for the increased blood flow and cardio benefits it gifts her.

she must have known that she was breaking the rules, after all I guess she has a team of advisors and managers and you can't tell me one of them doesn't keep an eye on new banned substances, give her a 5 year ban, but I guess she'll get the minimum.

Seriously though, I don't have an awful lot of sympathy. This smacks of a staged coming clean before the imminent sh1t hits the fan. These megastars are surrounded by a coterie of experts. They barely have to wipe their own arses. I just don't buy the "oops I'm so stupid" routine. I really don't. Tennis is beginning to feel like athletics.

Doctor on this morning earlier, said that he can't understand why a sporrts person would use that particular drug for anything other than cheating... and even he admitted the benefit would be so marginal it'd be pointless to risk it all.